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Is Malaysia a Safe Haven?

Ang Beng Kuan, Head of Investment, Hong Leong Islamic Asset Management

16-Mar-22 09:15

Is Malaysia a Safe Haven?

A slew of economic and political events such as geopolitical unrest in Ukraine, inflation risk, regulatory crackdown and resurgence of Covid have disrupted the world markets. Malaysia being an emerging Asian economy that runs an oil and gas trade surplus with trade in energy accounting for 0.4% of GDP seems to appear resilient. Is Malaysia a good place to park some money in? Ang Beng Kuan, Head of Investment of Hong Leong Islamic Asset Management shares his view. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Tan Chen Li


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